Podebrady speaks Spanish since Spain wants to confirm tomorrow Sunday (from 07:30 am) that it is the greatest continental power in athletic marching. The European specialty by country has its annual event in the Czech Republic and the RFEA presents a powerful team of 22 athletes (11 men and 11 women) divided into six categories: 35 km, 20 km and 10 km (under-20) in both the male and female categories. Walkers of the highest world level with four powerful men at the helm of the National Team since the four medalists at the 2022 European Outdoor Championships in Munich will defend the red shirt.
Álvaro Martín and Diego García Carrera, gold and bronze in the 20; and Miguel Ángel López and Raquel González, gold and silver at 35, will put their talent at the service of a company that can be no other than aspiring to collective gold at every distance. In the men’s 20, where Spain has won in the last three editions, a luxury quartet with García Carrera, Alberto Amezcua, the young Paul McGrath (20 years old) and Álvaro López. The same objective and the same steadfastness with gold also in the last three continental events for Mar Juárez, Carmen Escariz and the young Antía Chamosa (23) and Lucía Redondo (19).
In 35 of femalesdespite the absence of the injured Laura García-Caro, María Pérez and Raquel González must lead the assault on the highest step of the podium with the necessary collaboration of Cristina Montesinos and Paula Juárez. And in the homonymous distance of men, Martín increases mileage to form another luxury quartet with Miguel Ángel López, Manuel Bermúdez and Marc Tur.
All of them took advantage of the previous one and together with the rest of the representatives of the European countries asked for respect for the march, a claim that has to do with the continuous changes in distances and the rumors that each could lose importance in Olympic and world events. For their part, the under-20s will want to leave a good taste in their mouths and confirm the future of the specialty in Spain led in women by Sofía Santacreu, European under-18 champion of 5,000, and Daniel Morilla among the boys.
SCHEDULES
07:30 35 km (male and female)
11:40 20 km (female)
14:10 20 km (male)
16:20 10 km sub-20 (male)
17:25 10 km sub-20 (female)
SPANISH WALKERS
WOMEN
20 km: Antía Chamosa, Carmen Escariz, Mar Juárez, Lucía Redondo
35 km: Raquel González, Paula Juárez, Cristina Montesinos, María Pérez
10 km (under-20): Aldara Meilán, Sofía Santacreu, Griselda Serret
MEN
20 km: Alberto Amezcua, Diego Garcia, Alvaro Lopez, Paul McGrath
35 km: Manuel Bermúdez, Miguel Ángel López, Álvaro Martín, Marc Tur
10 km (under-20): Daniel Morilla, Pablo Postigo, Pablo Rodríguez
